Police on the hunt for Rubis Gas Station bandits

Jul 16, 2013 News

Two men, who pretended to be customers, walked into the Minimart at Rubis Gas Station yesterday on Vlissingen Road and robbed the store as well a Chinese national.
Kaieteur News understands that at approximately 17:00 hours, the store had two customers and two cashiers at the front of the entity and was operating during a power outage at the time. However, when the electricity was restored, the two suspects were spotted leaving a blue and black motorcycle CF1036, parked in front

The Rubis Gas Station and Minimart.

of the store’s entrance.
According to the Store Supervisor who painted a vivid picture of the series of events that took place, she related to this publication that, “these men literally took advantage of us. One of them was tall, brown in complexion and had on a helmet.
“He seemed about 6 ft 4 inches. The other was short and dark skin and he appeared to be 5ft 3 inches. They entered and pretended to be customers, but I immediately suspected them to be shoplifters.
The short one stayed at the door and the tall one just cruising around the store. When he stopped at the washroom I asked him what he wanted but he said nothing to me. He continued walking and then he stopped in front of the wine case and I asked again if he is looking for something and he said wine and I asked what kind of wine but he again did not respond to my question.
“I noticed he had two tear drop tattoos below his left eye but I realized that something was wrong at this point. Suddenly he then went to the General office which another supervisor and cashier were occupying. I then made an attempt to leave but the short one at the door push me back and said no one is leaving and pushed his hand under his shirt as though he had a gun but I knew he didn’t have anything because I could see his hands printing through.”
She added, “I saw the tall one in the general office pull out a gun which looked like a revolver and asked the women for the bag, but they asked which bag and he said he wanted the bag with the money. The supervisor then told him that they don’t work in that office and they don’t know where the money is. The suspect then fired off two rounds into the roof and the two women became very frightened.
“They then revealed to him that the person that knows about the money is outside. He then came out for me and pulled me into the room. He started to point the gun aimlessly as though he was scared as well but I gave him the money which was more than $100,000 and I begged him not to hurt anyone.
“He then asked for the rest and I told him that the rest is not here, that it is at the bank. He got angry and started pulling out all the drawers and looking for more money but found none.
“He then left the room and went to the Chinese national who was standing by the register and took his Iphone and over $30,000. He and the short one then ran out and escaped on the motorcycle.”
The supervisor said that she strongly believes that the suspects had their eyes on the minimart for some time for when they entered the store, they appeared to be very familiar with it.
Detectives are currently investigating the matter as a ballistics test is scheduled to be conducted next week on the roof that was penetrated by the bullets.